Law firm's bill for LDC work up to $220,000

9:02 PM,
Jan. 2, 2014

Dennis Vacco

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An outside law firm hired by Monroe County to provide advice on the local development corporation scandal had billed taxpayers about $220,000 for its work as of the end of October, new documents reveal.

The county has had an agreement with the Buffalo firm of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP since July. The Democrat and Chronicle previously obtained invoices showing the law office billed the county $166,913 through Sept. 30.

A new round of heavily redacted invoices, obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request, shows that the firm billed the county an additional $74,981 through ...